St Mary’s is hosting the full range of Holy Week Services. Good Friday sees three liturgies – Morning Prayer and Veneration at 0930, Three Hour Devotions from 1200 until 1500 and Stainer’s Crucifixion in the evening. All evening services start at 1930. The Easter Vigil will take place at 0700, early in the morning on Easter Day.
The 1030 service on Easter Day will be a Jazz Mass with choir, piano, bass and drums.
The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church was the celebrant and preacher at the 1030 Eucharist on 14 March 2010. During his sermon, the Primus commented on his confidence for the Scottish Episcopal Church proclaiming good news in a secular world and related his sermon on the Prodigal Son to the local aspiration to make St Mary’s a place which is open, inclusive and welcoming.
Bishop David’s sermon can be viewed on this website.
Special Lent Devotions take place on Friday evenings in St Mary’s at 6.30 pm. Most weeks the format is Eucharist, Meditation and Compline. On 19 March there will be Choral Evensong for St Joseph.
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The Feast of Candlemas will be celebrated with a Eucharist at 0930 on 2 February. The readings and music at Evensong at 6.30 pm on 31 March will also reflect Candlemastide.
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The early history of this congregation has been kept pretty vague for more than two centuries. Roger Edwards has been trawling through early records, and will explain his unexpected findings at a social evening in the Synod Hall on Saturday 30th January at 7.30 pm.
There will be a special services for Epiphany at 0830, 1030 and 1830 on 3 January. On this day we celebrate the discovery of Jesus by the Magi who came from the East and begin the Epiphany season in which we are all invited to search for God.
